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Dan Ladd: Shaking things up at the reloading bench
That first weekend after deer season closes always feels strange.
After two-and-a-half months of chasing whitetails – from the early archery season on through the late-muzzleloading season – I’m suddenly not heading out the

Steve Carney: Sight-fishing on the ice just makes sense sometimes
The early ice season in Minnesota has started out fairly well, and I’ve been catching both bluegills and crappies in 5 to 7 feet of water. This is where sight-fishing comes into play. Here are

Pro Fishing Tip of the Week: Hit the weed flats … as quietly as possible
The fish have been shallower and spookier than usual this week. And while many deep basins might be void of fish, nearby weed flats have been alive with activity.

Dean Bortz: 2,347 miles, a blown tire, and one white-tailed buck
Just about every fall since probably 2010 or 2011 I’ve been able to hunt deer, elk, or pronghorn in South Dakota (deer and pronghorn), Wyoming (deer), and Montana (deer and elk). I did hunt the

Tips for hard-water walleyes – video
Team Northland shares five walleye catchin’ tips that will help you ice more walleyes in the weeks ahead.

Wisconsin Reader Stories: A heart scare is the wrong kind of excitement in the deer woods
Sometimes men are foolish. In November I was one of those foolish men. This isn’t your typical deer hunting story. There’s no big buck or hardly any deer involved. But it is a story of

Make time to get youth into the outdoors this year
Fish, fish, fish.
For several summers, that’s about all my son and I did.
Mornings and evenings and weekends, we’d be on the water, chasing bass. He’d ask to go walleye fishing. I’d

Here’s how to keep your hunting dog’s paws in top shape during off-season exercise
Unless you’re game to head out of state, most of the bird-hunting opportunities in Minnesota have come to a close. Adventurous souls with the time and money could head off to Nebraska or maybe Arizona

Ice or no ice, Michigan’s Saginaw Bay boasts good winter fishing
I’m not sure if I ever fished open water for walleyes in January. I know I fished in Lake Erie several times in late December. I fished the Saginaw River in December but don’t remember